Assisted Living and Adult Care Facilities

9 days ago
Assisted Living and Adult Care Facilities DOH DAL Regarding Admission Agreements and Termination Notices: DAL seems to provide clarification regarding resident-initiated discharges, but raises new questions.

16 days ago
Assisted Living and Adult Care Facilities DAL Issued Relating to ACF Admission and Residency Agreements: Guidance also clarifies expectations set forth in previous DALs.

16 days ago
Assisted Living and Adult Care Facilities LeadingAge NY Meets with DOH Regarding ACF and AL Survey Issues: This was the second meeting to collaboratively work to achieve greater clarity and consistency in the survey process.

16 days ago
Assisted Living and Adult Care Facilities DOH ALP Hospice Workgroup Continues to Work on Implementation of State Plan Amendment: Ongoing discussions focus on clarifying responsibilities of each party.

19 days ago
Assisted Living and Adult Care Facilities ACF and Assisted Living Members Are Reminded of Upcoming Reporting Deadlines: Deadlines for reporting are coming up in the weeks ahead.

Assisted Living and Adult Care Facilities DOH DAL Regarding Admission Agreements and Termination Notices: DAL seems to provide clarification regarding resident-initiated discharges, but raises new questions.
9 days ago

Assisted Living and Adult Care Facilities Resources to Be Ready for Measles: Helpful resources for aging services providers from CDC, PALTmed.
9 days ago

Assisted Living and Adult Care Facilities Updated MOLST Form and Guidance Documents Released: DOH released long-awaited updates to the Medical Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment form and related documents last week. The changes in the form are aimed at making it more user-friendly and straightforward.
10 days ago

Assisted Living and Adult Care Facilities LeadingAge National Calls on Department of Homeland Security to Extend Legal Status for Certain Non-Citizens: LeadingAge National sent a letter to DHS Secretary Kristi Noem urging immediate action to address the impact of recent immigration policy changes on the long-term care workforce.
10 days ago

Assisted Living and Adult Care Facilities HCBS Division Steps Up Surveillance of LGBTQ Cultural Competency Training: CNAs, HHAs, and PCAs are required to undergo cultural competency training.
9 days ago

Assisted Living and Adult Care Facilities DOH Issues March Medicaid Update: Performant selected as the State’s new RAC; State publishes Medicaid spousal impoverishment levels for 2025.
9 days ago

Assisted Living and Adult Care Facilities Federal Government Seeking Recommendations for Regulation Reforms: LeadingAge National and LeadingAge NY are seeking member input into recommendations.
10 days ago

Assisted Living and Adult Care Facilities From NIC: Q1 Occupancy Remains Strong: Combined occupancy rose across all settings including stand-alone IL, AL, memory care, and CCRCs in the first quarter of 2025.
11 days ago

Urge Congress to Protect Medicaid in 2025!
Congress is moving through the budget reconciliation process, which aims to reduce federal spending by approximately $1.5 trillion over the next 10 years. Given the significant amount of savings being sought, Medicaid is a highly likely source of cuts (potentially up to $880 billion). Write to your members of Congress today to urge them not to include Medicaid cuts or harmful changes as part of budget reconciliation bills or other legislation.